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Alain de Botton's Socratic philosophy and modern moral complacency

The first chapter of Alain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy is set in an art museum. The author gazes upon an image of David's The Death of Socrates.

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The Declaration of Independence and the Texas secession petition movement

The excerpt chosen for this paper is one of the most powerful passages in the Declaration of Independence. It packs a punch equal to "We hold these truths to be self-evident…" because it actually states what the Colonies intended to do, and why they fully intended to do it.

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Martin Luther King's rhetorical strategies in the Birmingham Jail letter

Martin Luther King penned his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" precisely because his peers in the religious community had criticized his acts of civil disobedience. The letter is a rhetorical argument, rooted in Aristotelian rhetorical strategies.

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Pearl Gibbs and Aboriginal rights activism in twentieth-century Australia

Pearl Mary (Gambanyi) Gibbs (1901-1983) was one of the major political activists supporting Aboriginal rights in Australia from the 1920s all the way to the 1970s.

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Teaching to the test and standardized assessment in American schools

As William Hatfield presciently warned in 1916, when the ultra-efficiency of industrialization first begin threatening the independence of educators to craft curricula, "an education that focuses on memorising information to ensure reaching a single benchmark is an inadequate measure of success"…

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Walden Bello's analysis of the global food crisis and commodity prices

Walden Bello's book The Food Wars is not a meaty book in terms of length, but it covers an issue all of us are and should be concerned with: food. Bello is certainly qualified to discuss this topic.

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Forensic psychological evaluation of a male client using MMPI and MCMI-III

Clinical administrator of Central Treatment Facility ward 1, 2, 3, was requested to further assist in diagnosis.

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Carla Main's argument against lowering the drinking age

Carla Main believes the drinking age should remain at 21, and she bases the first part of her discussion on a project called "The Amethyst Initiative," which has issued a statement calling for an official probe into the drinking laws as they now stand.

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Disruptive innovation solutions for reforming the American healthcare system

Clayton Christensen teamed up with Jerome Grossman, and Jason Hwang, both medical doctors, to bring a thoroughly researched insight into a disruptive solution for efficient value-added health care in "The Innovator's Prescription." He previously wrote the vanguard book on innovation called "The…

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The impartiality requirement in arbitration agreements and dispute resolution

Arbitration in business law is a method used for mediating contradictions between the parties to an agreement.

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